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COMPANY B 
307th INFANTRY 



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HISTORY 

HONOR ROLL 

COMPANY ROSTER 



Sept., 191: 




May, 1919 



Compiled by 
Julius Klausner, Jr. 

1920 



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We Who Live Remember— 

And remembering, we shall always seek to justify 
the self-sacrifice made hy those companions who 
trained with us and fought with us but whom 
by virtue of their supreme service, we returned 
without. 



They died, but being dead, live on, and their 
spirits beckon us to strive toward that for 
which they died. 

The flag was their shrine — the fields of France 
their tomb — and they shall ever be wreathed 
with God's great glory. 




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Major-General Robert Alexander 
Commander of the Seventy-Seventh Division 



Major-General Robert Alexander to Company B 



Greetings! 

I am very glad that Company B — 307th Infanti'y is putting into this 
form the many memories of the (ireat Wai- whicli remain with those of us 
who participated therein as bright spots in our path through life. 

The work done by the 77th Division was most notable and in that work 
Company B — 307th Infantry took full part and contributed its full share. 
The record of the Company is one of which any organization might well be 
extremely proud. It tot)k part in the operations in the Vosges; on the line 
of the ^'esle; and in the advance from the A'esle to the Aisne — the 77th 
Division being the only American division to reach the latter river. In the 
Argonne-Meuse Offensive which brought the war to a successful conclusion, 
the Company, with its Regiment, Brigade, and Division, played a note- 
worthy part. The battle losses incurred by Company B and the battle 
honors conferred upon members thereof speak for themselves. 

Not the least of the Company's exploits was that which, culminating 
on the evening of October 7th, 1918, brought relief to the long-beleaguered 
Battalion under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles W. Whittlesey 
— the so-called "Lost" Battalion. 

The officer to whom was granted the supreme honor of sharing with you 
as your Divisional Commander the toils, the dangers, and the honors of 
that supreme campaign salutes you! No Commander could ask more loyal 
support from his comrades of all ranks than was freely given me. For your 
future careers in civil life or wherever Fortune may lay your paths, you will 
carry with you my sincere best wishes and my affectionate regard. The 
qualities of courage, fidelity, and loyalty displayed by you during your 
service as soldiers will be, I am sure, at the disposal of your Country as well 
in Peace as they were in War. 




Formerly Major-General in Command of the 77lh Division. 



November 19th, 1919. 




Captain Blanton Barrett 

Killed in Action, July 2!sl, 1918 



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THE HISTORY OF COMPANY B 

307th INFANTRY 
Camp Upton— ^-September 10th to April 5th 




IN\ ITI'J) — all of us. And we trooped down Yaphank-way, out 
on Long Island, as tho bound for a picnic. Which, for a week, 
it was. Then we were brought up short. On September 17, 
1917, the 77th Division came to life. One of the first units 
to be organized within the division was Company B — 307th 
Infantry, formed also on September 17th. 

Immediately we were on paper as a regular unit, we c}uickly 
took semblance of a military organization. Under the leadership of Captain 
Blanton Barrett, 1st Lieutenant Alexander D. B. Pratt, and 2d Lieutenants 
Philip Cheney and Everett A. Butterfield, we were gradually whipped into an 
efficient machine. Corporals were made and unmade — sergeants came and went 
— and we were drilled, drilled, drilled. 

We had exchanged our hair mattresses for straw, our cliina for tin. our homes 
for barracks, and they made us like it. At first we occupied but one building, — 
a rambling two-story affair having bunk rooms on all the upper floor. The lower 
floor was given over to kitchen, mess hall, and recreation room. The recreation 
room, however, was short lived, for as we grew in numbers it became necessary to 
liU it with bunks. And then, when we had grown to full strength — two hundred 
and fifty officers and men — we overflowed into another barracks of which we 
occupied half of both upper and lower floors. 

The advantages of a billiard table, a piano, and a talking machine were ours. 
We supported a miniature barber shop and a tailor. Talent we had a-plenty, and 
we ran our own shows. 

But we drilled, driUed, drilled. And we had schools — lots of 'em. When we 
were not doing the "school of the soldier", we attended bayonet school. The 
"school of the squad" divided time with gas instruction. The study of the auto- 
matic rifle was complicated, but so was the "school of the platoon". We practiced 
the manual of arms and learned how to throw hand grenades. Little by Httle 
we were perfected in the art of thinking, and knowing, and doing, the right thing 
at the right time. 

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Early in 1918 we felt ready. 
On Washington's Birthday our 
division paraded down Fifth 
Avenue a complete fighting 
machine. We were prepared 
for the next move and the 
cheers of the crowds had barely 
died when it came. 

Upton to France — 
April 6th to April 20th 

On the night of April 5th we 

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We stacked our bunks and 
drew ammunition. And we were posted on a vigil of waiting. April 6th, 1918, 
Saturday, was the first anniversary of America's declaration of war. At two- 
thirty on that morning, in an air pleasantly crisp and flooded with moonlight, we 
marched to the railroad and entrained. Leaving Camp Upton at three-fifteen, we 
pulled into Long Island City just in time to be greeted by the usual six o'clock 
factory whistles. 

A waiting ferry engulfed our battalion and we were transported down the 
East River, around the Battery, and up the Hudson to Pier 59, at the foot of West 
Eighteenth Street, Manhattan. A methodical transfer was accomplished from 
the squat and stunted ferry to the gigantic but little known Jusficia. 

While still under process of construction in the shipyards at Belfast, in Ireland, 
for the Holland .\merican Line, the Slalendum was commandeered by ( ireat Britain 
at the beginning of the European war and was operated as a transport under the 
name Jiistiria by the White Star Line. She was at the time the fifth largest vessel 
afloat and that she was the especial prey of the ( lerman undersea navy is indicated 
by the fact that a submarine attacked her on a subsequent trip from England 
to the Cnited States, on July 20th, and after a dramatic engagement lasting 
some twenty-four hours, she was sunk. Fourteen of a crew of seven hundred 
were lost. 

All day men and equipment poured onto the decks and into the hold of the 
giant transport. Our entire regiment and one battalion of the 3()8th Infantry 
were quartered between decks. Next morning, before reveille, the Justiciu slipped 
quietly down New York Bay, thru Ambrose Channel, and into the Atlantic. 

B Company had no quarters de luxe. We were crowded into small space — 
Section K — far down on D deck, with sleeping hammocks slung over our mess 
tables. And our mess, served by the British, was a sorry series of meals. We were 
compelled to wear during the day, and to sleep with during the night, ungainly life 
preservers. But discomforts were subordinated to the interest in our new sur 
roundings. The mysteries of the big ship, its spotless engine-room, the intricacies 
of navigation, the precautions against possible attack, — all held us. 

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On leaving New York we pursued a northerly course, and at nine o'clock that night 
anchor was dropped in lower Bedford Bay, at Halifax. Early next morning we 
steamed up into the inner harbor and before us lay the sadly devastated city of Halifax. 
Immense areas of the city had been totally destroyed by the explosion resulting 
from the collision between a Belgian relief ship and one bearing a cargo of explosives. 

That day and the next, while waiting for our convoy to assemble, was spent 
in practicing with lowered boats. 

Late on the afternoon of April 9th our convoy of ten passenger and cargo sliips 
passed out of the harbor, sped by the cheers of the crews of two American battle- 
ships. We were escorted by U. S. S. St. Louis and H. M. S. Victoria. 

Boat drill, a well-ordered scramble for life boats, took place twice daily. 
Each morning we indulged in strenuous setting-up exercises in order that we might 
remain in trim. Practice with depth bombs and smoke screens helped to relieve 
the tedium of the long trip. 

As we neared our unknown destination, our escort was increased by ten 
British torpedo boat destroyers. \ eritable sea dogs they were, darting every which- 
way, breasting wave after waVe, ever watchful for the tricky Hun. 

And then, on Friday, x\pril 19th, land! Just a ridge above the horizon — the 
blue hills of Wales — but already we could feel in our imaginations the solidity which 
our unsailorly legs had missed. 

As the day waned we sighted the lighthouse at the mouth of the Biver Mersey. 
With cheers of relief we were permitted to doff our bulky life belts. Just before 
dusk we entered the Mersey, passing closely by the beautiful seaside resort of 
New Brighton. 

Forging up the river we reached Liverpool and, at nine o'clock that evening, 
after almost fourteen days afloat, our transport was moored. The city, as we saw 
it from the decks of the .Jiiaticia, lay quietly, with lights beginning to twinkle in the 
increasing gloom. 

One by one the companies formed and debarked, and at 11:15 P.M. B Company 
marched down the gang plank, thru half-lighted sheds, into those curious side-door 
railway cars so peculiar to Europe. Exaitly at midnight our train pulled out of 
Liverpool. At 3:00 A.M. a short stop for hot coffee was made at Bugby. We 
passed thru the outskirts of London at 6:00 A.M. and at nine-twenty the train rolled 
into the terminal at Dover. 

The private yacht of Belgium's 
Queen Elizabeth had been pressed 
into service as a cross-channel ferry 
and in this royal craft, under 
escort of destroyers, aeroplanes. 
and dirigibles, we crossed to ( ".alais 
in an hour and thirty-five minutes. 
The crossing was enlivened when 
two riflemen of the crew took to 
firing at mines that endangered 
our passage. Among Tlmse Present — I (ironp of AC'O'.S ul Camp 




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Picardy and Flanders — April 20th to June 10th 

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" ■' ish Kest Camp INo. 6. 

we received a call of welcome from a scjuadron of Jerry aeroplanes. A truly 
thrilling reception it was, with the thunder of Hun bombs alternating with the 
"ping!" of British anti-aircraft guns, — and thru it all the "pat-pat" of a multi- 
tude of machine guns. But best of all, there were no casualties. 

Next day we spent in adding to our equipment gas masks and trench helmets 
and we exchanged our American Enfield rifles for British Enfields, — lighter, shorter 
pieces having a magazine capacity of ten rounds of ammunition. 

April 2.'5d introduced us to the famous little " 40 hommes — 8 chevaux" box-cars of 
the French. A three-hour journey in these brought us to the British base at Audruicq. 
Our first real hike started from here and ended at Zouafques, a little village in 
Picardy. We occupied some of the best sheep-pens, cattle stalls, and hen roosts in 
town and during our five-week stay we became really comfortable inhabitants. 

Zouafques proved to be a sort of military high school, where we polished our 
elementary knowledge of tactics. Our "noncoms" were sent to specialized schools 
in scouting, sniping, musketry, automatic rifles, grenades, and infantry tactics. 
The instruction, as well as the food and equipment, was distinctly British. 

Five weeks of tills work and we took our next step trench-ward. Hiking from 
Zouafques at 1.30 A.M., May 13th, we entrained a la chevaux at Audruicq. A 
day's journey ria Calais, Boulogne, Etaps. and DouUens brought us to Mondre- 
court, in Flanders. Then an almost heartbreaking hike thru Pas to the war-worn 
village of Couin. 

Our assimilation by the British forces became most complete when we found 
ourselves brigaded with a battalion of the Lancashire Fusileers of the 125th British 
Brigade. Our position was in reserve of the British lines north of Amiens and 
southwest of A.rras. 

Here another five weeks of training gave us the right to work alone. Once 
again we traded rifles, retrieving our American guns, and on June 6th we started 
on a three-day march. Thru Gezaincourt, Bernaville, Ailly le-Haut Clocher, to 
Pont Bemy, where we entrained. 

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Vosges and the Lorraine — June 11th to August 7th 

Two days by rail, ria Amiens, \ ersailles, Bar-le-Duc, and Nancy, and we 
detrained on June 11th at Tiiaon. in the Vosges. Then an intermittent hike, with 
stops at Longchamps, Destord, and Menil, passing thru Rambervillers and Bac- 
carat, to Vacqueville, in the Lorraine. 

A stirring incident occurred en route when we passed the boys of the old Sixty- 
Ninth New York Regiment. Brooklyn hailed Brooklyn: Harlem called to Harlem; 
Bronx met Bronx. It was a breath of home to the already veteran Sixty-Ninth 
and more than a che(>ring welcome to us. 

We shared Vacqueville with a battalion of the Alabama regiment of the 12d 
"Rainbow" Division. Advance parties were sent into the lines to acquaint them- 
selves with the position which we were to take over. And in the dead of night, 
on June 20th-21st, Company B took over that part of the line between Ancerviller 
and Badonviller designated as P. C. (post commandant) Hameau and P. C. Mon- 
treux. 

The first and second platoons of our Company held a position in the Grand 
Bois (Big Woods), a section of forest southeast of Ancerviller. The second and 
third platoons and Company headquarters occupied the ruined village of St. 
Maurice. St. Maurice was a part of the line at this point and had been subjected 
at different times to severe shelling. Only bare skeletons of the buildings remained 
and any nook or cranny between sections of walls and under a bit of roof was used 
as shelter. Deserted cellars had been bolstered, reinforced, and barricaded so that 
they would serve as shell-proof protection in the event of attack. 



The First Gas Attack 

It was usually Fritz's intention to place a harassing 
of the line where he knew that a relief was being efTected. 
than usual when we 
went in. 

The enemy awoke, 
however, three days 
later, on the morning 
of Monday, June 24th, 
and attacked our regi- 
mental outposts. In 
order to effectively 
prevent any assistance 
being rendered by the 
platoons stationed in 
St. Maurice, a heavy 
barrage was laid on 
the town beginning at 
3:30 A.M. During the 
early part of the shell- 



barrage on any section 
But he was less watchful 




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"Holelde Barn" — Shoiving Barber Shop and Beading and Writing Booms 
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ing the continual use 
of H. E.'s (high ex- 
plosive shells) , with 
an occasional gas sheU, 
served to keep the men 
not only penned in 
their bomb-proof cel- 
lars, but also forced the 
continued use of gas 
masks. (Gradually the 
11. K."s were inter- 
spersed with gas shells 
until a point was 
reached where far more 
gas shells than high 
explosives fell into the 
town, resulting in a 
heavy blanket of phos- 
gene, mustard, and lachrymatory gases settling over the position. 

The barrage did not lift until 6:00 A.M. and when it did the platoons were forced 
to take a defensive position to guard against any possible success of the enemy. 
During the night before the attack, the men had been digging until a late hour 
on a system of trench defense. This entailed a lack of sleep which, together with 
the continued wearing of the gas mask and the exposure endured immediately after 
the barrage, weakened their resistance to such an extent as to make them easy 
victims to the poisonous gases. 

Seventy-nine men were forced to the hospital by the effects of the combined 
phosgene and mustard. Among them were our first sergeant, supply and mess 
sergeants, all but one of our cooks, and both mechanics, which left us decidedly 
crippled. 

The shadow of our losses was deepened when we heard that Cook George 
Alberts, always popular, had died from gas inhaled while trying to prepare the 
company breakfast in a gas-fdled kitchen. He was our first loss by death. 

An immediate result of our losses was the extra work shouldered by those who 
had escaped any of the serious effects. The men left in St. Maurice remained on 
constant guard until the Company was reUeved several days later. 

During the short rest period that followed, a reorganization of the Company 
was accomplished and we again entered the fines in July, taking over P. C.'s 
Hameau and Montreux, as before. 



The Daylight Raid 

On Sunday, July 21st, a patrol of fifty-two men from our Company, accom- 
panied by two medical first-aid men, engaged in a raid on the German trenches at 
two-thirty in the afternoon. The party advanced on the enemy lines in single 

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file, divided in four groups which were respectively commanded by Sergeant Todd, 
Captain Barrett, Sergeant Bromback and Lieutenant Mohlke. 

The intent was to surprise the enemy with a daylight raid and thereby obtain 
information thru c^apture and observation. But either thru knowledge or by chance, 
the Germans had prepared against this maneuver and the surprise was reversed. 

Waiting until our patrol was fairly within their lines, and then partially sur- 
rounding them, the enemy centered upon our men a deadly fire of rifles, machine 
guns, and grenades. The raiders fought valiantly in return but were outnumbered 
four to one. After an hours fighting, seventeen of our pai'ty, including Captain 
Barrett, lay dead, and sixteen were captured. Of the twenty-one who returned, 
thirteen were wounded. We were informed by two German prisoners captured a 
few days later that seventeen Germans had been killed. 

The loss sustained in this daylight raid occasioned considerable comment, 
chiefly because it was generally believed that Captain Barrett had misread his 
orders, — that the time for action had really read 2:30 A.M. instead of 2:30 P.M. 
This, however, is quite untrue, inasmuch as all the Company officers, as well as the 
supply sergeant and company clerk, were conversant with the orders. Captain 
Barretts immediate battalion and regimental superiors were present at or near the 
time of action and possessed full knowledge of the entire plan. 

The defeat was caused solely by the lack of the intended element of surprise. 
Whether or not the enemy had possession of our plans, and if they had possession, 
how they obtained it, is something we shall never know. 

A telegram was received by the Divisional Commander from (ieneral Head- 
quarters to the effect that the entire action had been investigated and fouufi creditable. 

The casualties suffered from the raid, together with those resulting from the 
gas attack of June 21th, so depleted the Company as to make an immediate relief 
imperative and that same night 



Company L took over oui' 
sector. 

A subsequent reorganization 
of the entire regiment distrib- 
uted the men of the various 
companies so that all would 
have an equal strength. Our 
numbers were so few that we 
lost none of our men in this 
process but instead received in- 
creases not only from many of 
the other companies, but also 
from the 76th New iMigland 
Division. 

As tribute to those men 
whom we had lost, a Company 
B mass was held at the Catholic 
Church in Vacqueville at which 




, NEUF-MAISONS 



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Chaplain Father Walsh of our battalion 
ofTiciated. The entire strength of the Com- 
pany was present. 

Another rest and another turn up front, 
after which the entire division was relieved 
by the 37th Oliio and Kentucky Division. 
Once again we crossed the Yosges, halting 
for three days at Seranville. Leaving there, 
we bivouaced for a night in the Foret de 
Charmes and entrained at Charmes next 
morning. August 7th, at dawn. 

From the Vesle to the Aisne — 
August 10th to September 15th 



Two days later, August 10th, we took 
transport on an immense train of motor 
trucks — "lorries" we called them, after 
the English. They were driven by Indo- 
Chinese serving under the French. After 
nine cramped but interesting hours — we 
passed thru Chateau-Thierry — our trip 
ended at Fere en Tardenois. For three 
days we camped in a small wood and then 
we moved to a position supporting the 
attack on Fismes. We were stationed in 
the Bois de la Pissotti. adjoining the Foret 
de IN esle. While there we were engaged in 
digging a series of reserve trenches near 
_M ont-sur-Courviile. 
On August 28th the battalion moved around Chery-Chartreuve to a position 
east of Le Pres Farm. September 1st we again shifted, this time crossing the Yesle 
and relieving the Third Battalion, just east of Bazoches. Here we repulsed a 
raiding party, inflicting heavy losses upon the enemy. We were then moved to a 
ravine, which gave us the opportunity of taking a two-day rest. 

Our next move brought us to face with the enemy just south of Merval. where 
we took a position in an exposed field, our only protection being the individual 
"funk holes" which had been deserted by the retreating (ierman troops. 

After three days of little water and practically no food, at 5:,^0 on the afternoon 
of September 8th — still brilliant daylight — we crawled from our funk holes and, 
each squad in single file in formation known as "squad columns", we advanced 
against German aitillery in an effort to straighten the line. As we reached 
the outskirts of Merval we were subjected to an intense barrage of H. K.'s, suffering 
the loss of four men killed and five injured. 



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No gain was made by this sortie and we drew 
back to our funk-hole position awaiting further 
developments. 

Early on the morning of September 1 1th, sup- 
ported by a barrage laid down by combined 
American, French, and Italian artillery, we at- 
tacked the enemy position that lay on the far 
side of the Ravine Merval. 

The advance was made down the side of the 
valley in the face of a withering fire of enemy 
machine guns. Tho sulTering heavy casualties, 
our progress was unchecked and we swarmed up 
the opposite slope with undiminished vigor. So 
rapid were our gains that we had to pause to 
allow our flanks to catch up. Our Third Platoon 
was so far ahead of the line of advance as to be 
mistaken by the commander of the cooperating 
French forces for a body of the enemy and it 
required considerable persuasion to correct his 
misconception. The day's end saw the German 
horde driven across the Aisne, and we were well 
beyond our original objective. But we had ad- 
vanced true to form. Commenting on a previous 
attack made by another American unit, a French 
officer had remarked: "The Americans, — they 
are fools. Tell them to take one trench. — and 
they take three!" 

We had been operating on the line of the 
Vesle with several divisions but the 77th was 
the only American division to drive its way 
to the Aisne. 

Our gains were paid for with numerous casual- 
lies and when we received our relief it was 
thoroly welcome. It had been our longest con- 
secutive stretch in the front line and we suifered 
not only from battle losses but we had also en- 
dured the utmost privation. Short rations, 
little water, exposed positions, and the constant 
necessity for watchfulness had undermined our 
strength to an unusual degree. We had been 
operating on the will to accomplish rather than 
on food and water. 

An Italian unit relieved our Company and we 
withdrew to a reserve position in the \'esle 
Valley, east of Fismes. Here, on the night of 

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drini Biisiiifss in llie Arnonrie 
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Two da>> 



September 16th, our 
division was relieved 
by an Italian division 
and we pulled out of 
the sector. 

We looked forward 
to a period of rest, 
but it was not to be. 
Twenty kilometres of 
hiking brought us to 
the Arcis le Ponsart 
Forest, where we biv- 
ouaced for a day. 
Then into lorries for 
an all-night ride to Le 
Chatelier- sur - Marne. 
where our losses were 
replaced by a detach- 
of speculating as to our 



nient from the iOth "Sunshine"" Division 
chances for a rest terminated when on the night of September 20th we were 
ordered to roll packs. We stepped off on a thirty-two kilometre hike at 1:00 
A.M., via St. Menehould and Florent, and seventeen hours later we dragged 
ourselves into the Foret de Maisons Petites where we were quartered in barracks 
at the edge of the Argonne Forest. 



The Argonne — September 26th to November 11th 

The memorable and decisive drive known as the Argonne- Meuse Offensive 
started on September 26th. That day found us entrenched near the main road at 
Florent, — a position in reserve of the 1st Army Corps. 

Actual operations were started that night, when the entire cannon of half a 
hundred divisions poured forth on the enemy its scorching fire. Next morning we 
moved to a position north of Florent, and three days later we moved thru the town 
of Le Four de Paris into those trenches north of La Harazee that had been deserted 
by the 122d (ierman Regiment of the 2d Landwehr Division. 



The "Lost" Battahon 

October 2d we left the reserve and assumed a support position. On that day 
the forces in the line drove forward, but in the execution of the advance Companies 
E, H, \, K, L, and M of the 308th Infantry and Company K of the 307th Infantry 
found themselves trapped by the enemy on a hill north of the Bois de la Buironne. 
These units were the only ones to reach their objective but by thus advancing 
ahead of their flanks, they gave the enemy an opportunity to surround them. In 
this hazardous position they struggled as the "Lost" Battalion. 

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We went forward to their relief on October 4th, but were held back by the 
effective machine-gun fire of the enemy. Next day we again strove to extricate 
the besieged battalion, but again we failed. Certain enemy machine guns were 
so placed that their hail of death was impassable. They seemed an insurmountable 
obstacle in the path of the entire 307th Infantry. The men of Company B knew 
that the machine-gun positions of the enemy must be taken. There was nothing, 
at that moment, that counted more than the capture of these positions. So on 
October 6th we attacked, giving no thought to risk. We did what we thought 
would have been impossible before we knew that it had to be done. Persistently 
we attacked in the face of the enemy fire and as the Cierman resistance gradually 
weakened; we took the heretofore impregnable positions. Seven of our men were 
that day cited for exceptional bravery. 

On October 7th our division organized a concerted attack on the 
German lines. We reafized the awful plight of the "Lost" Battalion and 
all day we fought against the enemy machine-gun nests. One by one they 
were silenced, and at 5:00 P.M. Company B, alone of all the division, 
succeeded in reaching and saving the "Lost" Battalion. The Germans were 
driven beyond the hill and once more the line was straightened out. 

Grand-Pre 



Another week and we had driven the Germans across the River Aire. We 
remained in a clump of woods until October 16th and then, not even waiting for 
our engineers to thi(iw their bridges across the Aire, we waded the river and drove 
against Grand-Pre, which was the keystone of the enemy defense in the sector 
opposed by our division. 

We were stubbornly opposed by the 253d German Infantry of the 76th Reserve 
Division. Again and again we assaulted the position and finally, after a running 
fight thru the streets, 
the town was ours and 
the American wedge 
was in a fair way to 
split the entire ( ier- 
nian defense. 

We pulled out of 
the line cjn October 
17th and withdrew 10 
kilometres to a small 
forest near Apremont, 
being relieved by the 
78th New Jersey Di- 
vision. As usual, there 
was no rest, and on 
October 2 1st we moved v.s.ofn 
to Fleville for a three- The Uim 




Upton • Flanders * Vosges • Lorraine • \ esle • \rgonne * Home 




Till' (kmipauy Sirijeniilx. Caiiij 



hi. mm 



day stretch of trench 
digging. October 31st 
\vas spent in digging 
1 1 rnches in the Chattel 
\ alley. 

We resumed our ac- 
tivities at the front 
on November 2d, keep- 
ing in mind that half 
injunction, half prom- 
ise, credited to Gen- 
eral Pershing: "Hell, 
Heaven, or Hoboken by Christmas!" We gave little thought to Heaven and 
less to Hell but, we were beginning to long for Hoboken, and we went forward 
with irresistible determination. Hiking via St. Juvin to Thenorgues, we loaded 
into motor trucks. Unloading close to the lines, we swung into immediate action 
and on November .3d we wrested the village of Fontenoy from the 45th (lerman 
Reserve Division, the following day capturing the village of Oches from the 76th 
(ierman Reserve Division. 

Stonne 

Stonne, a village of strategical importance, was next selected by the enemy as a 
point of resistance. On November 5th the combined strength of our entire Regi- 
ment was hurled against the 195th German Division, and Stonne fell to us. The 
capture succeeded in liberating a French population that for four years had been 
under the dominance of an enemy army. 

The enemy by this time was retreating fast, and so closely did we press them, 
we were far in advance of our cannon. The progress of the big guns was much de- 
layed by poor roads, but the spirit of victors was in us all and little did we miss 
our artillery. 

In (juick succession we took town after town, the enemy losing to us in one day. 
— November 6th, — the villages of Raucourt, Haraucourt, Angecourt, and Remilly. 
The terror-stricken Hun gave little resistance and we kept within five minutes of 
their rear guard. 

The Armistice 

We came to a halt on the banks of the Meuse, four miles from the historic 
city of Sedan and, after augmenting our depleted ranks by replacement from the 
38th '■ Cyclone" Division, we organized for what we hoped would be our final attack. 

Rut the final attack had already been made. The unconquerable Argonne had 
been conquered; a ruthless enemy was vanquished. 

Germany sued for Peace with defeat rather than face peace with Death. 
The last shot was fired at the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh 
Month, Nineteen Eighteen, and we rested on our arms worn and tired, but victorious 
and happy. 

20 



L"|)toii • Flanflcrs • \ ()s<ies • Lorraine • \ csle • \rt;onnp • Home 



The joy of accomplishment was ours and we celebrated the declaration of the 
armistice in a spirit far more triumphant than relieved. 

On November 12th the same French who had laughed at us in pity as we 
shouldered their task in the Argoiine, hailed us with gratitude as they took over 
our positions. 

The march from the Meuse to our rest base in the Chaleauvillain area took 
twenty-four days and covered 300 kilometres. It was an intermittent hike and 
we stopped successively at La Berliere, Oches, Harricourt, Fleville, Le Four de 
Paris, Florent, Sivry-sur-Ante, Noyers, Andernay, Hoericourt, Eclaron. Fresnay, 
Maisons, and Bayel, arriving at our base in Lanty on December 5th. 

It was soon apparent that altho we had been spared the alternatives we still 
were not going to see Hoboken before (Christmas. So we made ourselves comfort- 
able and settled down to a long stay. 

It was necessary to the maintenance of discipline and the morale of the army 
that drills should be continued, and as well as any recruit, we were once again 
schooled in the finesse of the >salute, the art of the right face, and the strategy of 
shoulder arms. We engaged in manouvers to practice the lessons that we learned 
in the Argonne. And we passed in reviews befcire princes, generals, and congress- 
men. Time passed: not too quickly, but still it passed. 



Christmas, 1918 

Christmas was not the dreary day a Christinas away from home usually is. 
We had much for which to be thankful, and the intervening miles between Lanty 
and Home were no bar to those good wishes that came from our folks. 

We celebrated, we ate, and we played Santa Claus. A tree was erected in 
the centre of the village and we passed out to the civilian population candy and 
biscuits and tobacco. The women and children and men sincerely appre- 
ciated our tokens, and 
happiness reigned. 

The mess sergeant 
had an inspiration of 
genius and he served 
us with a truly Christ- 
mas dinner. 

New Year's Day was 
red-lettered with an- 
other meal worthy of 
our mess sergeant's 
reputation. The holi- 
day season was over 
and we entered upon 
the new year full of 
new hopes and am- ©unacrwood i vndemood 
bitions. "La Guerre est Fini!" The Parade on Our Relurn. May 6II1. 1919 

21 




I ptoii • Flanders * \ os£:cs • Lorraine ♦ Vesle • Argonne • Home 



Home 

Not until February 9th was another move made. Then, en freight car, we 
journeyed to the Le Mans area, detraining at Poille from whence we hiked to 
La Roches Farm, near Auvers-le-Hamon. April 15th we entrained at Sable for 
Brest, where we were quartered at Camp Pontazaine. 

On April 19th, exactly one year after our arrival at Liverpool, we were lightered 
out to the LInited States Transport America. 

A fast ship and smooth waters combined to give us a rapid and enjoyable 
voyage and we docked at Hoboken at 9:00 A.M., April 28th. We proceeded to 
Camp Mills, Mineola, Long Island, where immediate passes gave us the opportunity 
to greet our home folks, eat home meals, and sleep in regular beds. 

The Company moved on May 5th to the armory of the 22d New York Engin- 
eers in New York City to await final orders for the parade of welcome arranged by 
New York City. 

We formed for the parade near Washington Square at 8:00 A.M. next morning 
and at 10:00 A.M. we marched out to Fifth Avenue and swept up that thorofare to 
the acclaim of a million throats. No greeting could have been more sincere, no 
welcome more impressive, and this, our last hike as (^.ompany B. was a march of 
glory. 

We returned to Camp L pton, our first station and our last, and we were de- 
mobilized on May 9th. 1919. to return to our respective states. Ours was a truly 
American company, composed of true and representative Americans. Our homes 
lay in thirty-two different states, scattered between New York and Maine in the 
east, Minnesota and the Dakotas in the north, Ltah, Oregon, and California in the 
west, and Texas. I^ouisiana, and Florida in the south. 

So ends the History of Company B. We were mustered out of the service 
military, but the spirit that withstood the Lorraine, the valor that gained the 
Aisne, and the fire that conquered the Argonne, Hves on, and we have banded 
ourselves together so that we may. in the words of our commander. Major General 
Robert Alexander, "serve our Country as well in Peace as we did in War". 



Sept., 1917 




May, 1919 



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BLAnioriBARRtn 
Christian A. Baty 
■^flpraE BiBo 
cloHri Blackburn 
Jams BoRf.ER 
Hu&H A, Brady 

LOUI? BftETH 

William F-Brophy 
Claude C. Bwwer 
FramkW. Burke 
Michael Carlo 
WauerCassidy 
fra^ikchar; es 
James CoNMiiR 

cJAriES L.Croinin 

Richard Ci-llem 
JoHM P. Ooi AIS 
Joseph V. Domkl3 

HyKAN FlSHFAM&ER 



Robert Flam ft&AN 
James Folliat, Jr. 
Irvims H.Friedman 
HugoCtarbal^m 
George E.Gerrett 
John Grove 
Clarence 1. Oruqbs 
Joseph P. Hahlev 

SalIE HAUShFiR 

George L.Hickv 
Charles L.K-\uRiM 
Joseph Kaye5 
JoHfN E.Kellv 
Peter Knab 
Michael McCofiMicK 
Martin licHu&h 
Andrew ricKiNiEV 
W.Alan Mathews 
EarlMillsap OS-C 
Royal E.Morris 
Charles Munzimoer 

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Private Noonan 
William Otto 
AlbertC.Peterson.D'S-C- 

FrnestW.Peterson 
Private Plj^umam 
Albert Pritcharu 

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John P Rhynard 
Albert J. Robare 
James Robinsom 
w. rozichuck 
George F. Russell 
Elmer O.Sellers 
Private Schildkmecht 
Benjamin Silverman 
Frank Sheets 
Frank Staniski 
Joseph Strauss 
Maurice Wachtel 
James Walsh 
G.H.Woods 
Raul Zukasky 




Hookies — Cainp Upton, 



THE ROSTER OF COMPANY B 



Major \\ eston C. Jenkins, D. S. C 208 West Thomas St., Rome, N. Y. 

Major Fred A. Tillman, Legion of Honor 19 Commercial St., Boston, Mass. 

Captain Blanlon Barrett, deceased Chamblee. (jeorgia. 

♦Captain KM-rell A. Buttertield, Black Star Lainhs' C.liil), New York. 



Captain l'hiii|i Cheney 



Siiulh Manchester, Connecticut. 



Captain Mexander D. B. Pratt 12(1 Broadway, New York. 



\ddress unknown. 

New Haven. Connecticut. 

')(! Broad St., New Y'ork. 



Captain Alonzo D. Slagle. 

Captain Howard S. Smith 

1st Lieutenant Joseph D. M. Adrian. Jr. 

1st Lieutenant Marcus L. Chasins 27 William St.. New York. 

1st Lieutenant Alexander J. Gillespie , 251 West 81st St., New York. 

1st Lieutenant Kenneth C. Lincoln 29 Bedford St., Fall River, Mass. 

1st Lieutenant (ieortje S. \lott Scranton, Pennsylvania. 

1st Lieutenant \\ illiaiii B. Beid, D. S. C. deceased Brooklyn, New York. 

1st I^ieu tenant Marry R. W eiman St. Louis, Missouri. 

2d Lieutenant Atwood New York City. 

2d Lieutenant William Eliot Long Island City, New York. 

2d Lieutenant Clarence I. Grubbs, deceased Kansas City, Missouri. 



Main St., Ottawa, Kan. 
l.->(l West l()6th St., New York. 
Address unknown. 
Yale Club, New York. 
21.56 Cortelyou Road. Brooklyn, N. Y'. 
816 (irand Ave., Racine, Wis. 
. New York City. 
New York City. 
New York City. 



2d Lieutenant Foster A. Gunn 

2d Lieutenant Arthur J. Hamblen 

2d Lieutenant F. Hartig 

2d Lieutenant Hardon 

2d Lieutenant Harrison McCann. 

2d Lieutenant George C. Mohlke 

2d Lieutenant O'Cdnnell. nEci; \se[> 

2d Lieutenant Thomas ()'.Sulli\an 

2d Lieutenant W illiain Haiidall 

2d Lieutenant James Srli<ilield .88 Main St., North Andover, Mass. 

2d Lieutenant Austin \\ . Wonlford Virginia. 

*lst Lieutenant William F. Babor 417 East 75th St., New Y'ork. 

•1st Lieutenant Arthur D. Bromback 41 Division St., New Rochelle. N. Y'. 

*lst Lieutenant Raymond S. Hill East St. Louis, Illinois. 

*lst Lieutenant Euclid L. Levasseur Farmers Locin & Trust Co., Paris, Fr. 

*2d Lieutenant Herbert H. Harris 1445 Broadway. New York. 

*2d Lieutenant Arthur S. Hoit 71 Broadway, New York. 

*2d Lieutenant Paul F. Hunnewell 287 Main St., Winthrop, Mass. 

*2d Lieutenant Louis Katz New York City. 

•2d Lieutenant W. Alan Mathews, deceased Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 

•2d Lieutenant David H. Rose 915 Intervale Ave.. New York. 

•2d Lieutenant Edgar L. Schwartz 10 West 9.'?rd St., New York. 

Ttie ofTicers before wliose names has been placed an asterislc (*) were commissioned 
from the enlisted ranks of Company B and assigned to duty with other organizations. 



Elwin Abbott, 188 Crescent St., Rutland, Vt. 
Samuel Abrahamson, Nicolet, Minn. 
Clarence R. Ackerly, 624 Broad St., Bridge- 
port, Conn. 
Allan Adams. 68 West 102d St., New York. 
James Adams. 107 West a9th St., New York. 



Adolph Albrecht, 190 East 3d St.. New York. 

Carl Aldridge, Glen Allen. Ala. 

Fred Alexander. Carterville, 111. 

M. Alpert, Watertown, N. Y. 

Machis Ambrogio. 412 N. 21st St., Herrin, 111. 

Samuel Anders. McConnells. Ala. 




awww;«tra!S!ap,wnii imuAmmmni'.JHmmrmi'-i'immi'f^ 



N. }., F,-hruary, I9i8 



THE ROSTER— Co/;/(>H/P(/ 



Lloyd C. Anderson, Binghaniton, N. Y. 

Robert Angeles. Route 2, Bethpage, Tenn. 

Paul Annello, Box 19. Bristol. Conn. 

HugoAntonelli.7:!2NostrandAve.,Bklyn.N.Y. 

Paul Antonelli. 7:i2 Nostrand Ave., Bklyn, N.Y. 

Nathan Aronson. 26 Norman St., Salem, Mas.s. 

Isaac Ascher. 1 1 1 Havenschoil' St.. Boston. 

Elmer O. Barber, Ilillsboro, Ore. • 

Luke M. Barendsen. Valier, Vt. 

Robert Barr. 108 West 19th St.. New York. 

John Barry, Newburgh, N. Y'. 

Harrv Bar'tlett. Mendon. Utah. 

Fred C. Batrhellor, 260 Laurel St., Hartford, 

Conn. 
Thomas Baxter, 604 N. Maine St., Butte. Mont. 
Herman Beck, HI Bivington St.. New York. 
Louis Bcckendorf. Brooklyn. N. Y'. 
Willian) Bell. 1.58 East 107th St., New York. 
Earl D. Bement, Route 3, .Sioux Falls, S. D. 
David Bennett, 138 ,52d St., Brooklyn. N. Y. 
Thomas Bennett. Seymour. Conn. 
Fred Berge, Bismarck, N. D. 
Edward Bolma, Hill. Mont. 
Paul D. Bond. 208 Cedar Ave.. Richmond Hill. 

N.Y. 
J. A. Boyle. Long Island City, N. Y. 
Leslie Bradney, Pangborn, Ark. 
Charles H. Bradshaw, 179 Bainbridge St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Michael Bresnan, 95 Myrtle Ave., Ansonia, 

Conn. 
Ralph 1 1. Brett, 701 West 178th St.. New York. 
William Brunner. 193 Ann St., Newburgh, N.Y". 
Harry Buckley, Columbia, Miss. 
Volney Burnett, Box 464, Buhl, Idaho. 
George Busko. Breckenridge. Minn. 
Paul Calandra. 3 Eighth St., Rochester, N. Y. 
Frank Camp. Route 10. Shelbyville. Ind. 
James Carlin. 111.5 Portland Ave.. Woodhaven, 

N. Y. 
Albert Carlson, Route 5, Hillsborb, Ore. 
Charles J. Carolan, 497 Chauncev St.. Bkln, 

N.Y. 
Thomas Carroll, 1894 Third Ave., New York. 
Amedeo Caruso, 254 Allen St., Buffalo, N. Y. 
Gregory Cavanaugh, 298 Lockwood Ave., 

Buffalo. N. Y. 
Tony Charmonle, 2134 Moody A\e., Chicago. 
Nordahl ChiLsen, Blue Earth, Minn. 
Nels C. Christiansen, Route 31, Tyler, Minn. 
Isidore Cohen. 71 West 11.5th St.. New York. 



Leroy Connett, 2412 RooscNcIt \\c., Indian- 
apolis, Ind. 

Patrick Conway. New York. 

Frederick Coombs, Freeport, N. ^ . 

Joseph Co.scia. 830 Cortland Ave.. New York. 

Leo Covert, Newburgh. N. Y. 

Edward M. Crimmins, 38 Maiden St., Bing- 
hamton, N. Y. 

Michael J. Cudmore. 12 Mygott St., Bing- 
hamton, N. Y'. 

Joseph Covington. Meridan. Miss. 

George Dahlquist. W inchester. Mass. 

Walter L. Daum, Sullivan, 111. 

Antonio De Santis, 768 Vernon .\ve.. Long 
Island City, N. Y. 

George Diegel. 22 Wissner Ave.. Newburgh, 
N.Y. 

A. James DiMaggio. 83 Oldtown Road, Staten 
Lsland, N. Y. 

Hugh A. Donnelly. 210 Ainshe St., Bklyn, 
N. Y. 

Abraham Drazien. 146 E. 115th St., N.Y. 

Fred Durham, Toluca. 111. 

Edward J. Dwyer. 523 North Division St., 
Buffalo. N. Y. 

Elisha Eaves. Route 3. Macon. Mi.ss. 

Harold Eckstrom. 1 18 East 54th St.. New York. 

William Ehrmann. 1 38 Carlton Ave.. Bkln. N.Y. 

Max Eisenlicrg. 517 83(1 St.. Brooklyn. N. Y'. 

Elwin M. Eldredgc. 780 Jefferson .\ve.. Brook- 
lyn, N. Y. 

Lewis Ellenbogen, 531 Bedford .\ve.. Bkln, N.Y'. 

Ezra Epstein. 109 Eighth Ave., New York. 

Anthony Esposito, South Nyack, N. Y'. 

Josiah E. Evans, 90 High St.. Ansonia, Conn. 

Thomas J. Fisher. Lincoln Ave., Bkln, N. Y . 

Don Fitzgerald, \\ allerville. Miss. 

Jerry Flanagan. 76 Michigan Ave., Buffalo. 

Albert Flass, 121 Ash St., Buffalo, N. Y. 

M. Fontanetta. 453 East 186th St., New Y'ork. 

Charles Freidman. 107 East 2d St.. New Y'ork. 

Hershel Friedland. 215 Caldwell Ave.. N. Y. 

SamuelFrii(liiiitn,63l Ki.sciuskoSt., Bkln, N.Y. 

Richard (;a(ld. 375 61st St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Leslie (iaines. 713 South Huston Ave., Dennis- 
ton, Tex. 

George Gibson. Kimball. S. D. 

J. Joseph Gillig, 324 East 4th St., Mount Ver- 
non, N. Y. 

Leslie Gleason, St. Mary's Home, Bingham- 
ton, N. Y. 



25 



THE ROSTER -Continued 



Fred A. 'Gleiforst, 56 Freedom Ave., Richmond 

Hill, N. Y. 
John E. Glynn, 232 Jackson St., Bklyn, N. Y. 
Samuel Goldenberg, 647 East .5th St., N. Y. 
Ira Gomer, Marion. Pa. 
Rossie Goodie, Prairie Elk, Mont. 
Ma.\ Gordon, 761 Blake Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
John Greany, 171 East 99th St., New York. 
Max Green, 1033 Hoe Ave., New York. 
Herman Greening, 1029 Sherman Ave., South 

Bend, Ind. 
Frank Guaracio. 612 Fort Hamilton Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Edwin F. Haeg, Route 3, Ronneby, Minn. 
Harrv Hagen, Box Elder, Mont. 
P. M'. Hagen, Lansford, N. D. 
Virgil M. Hale, Case Creek, Ark. 
William J. Halperin, Dixwell Ave., New Haven, 

Conn. 
Chris Hanson. Hannaford, N. D. 
Gillni.k niinsdii. Hemic 1, Creston, Mont. 

Tl (I,,rc Harris, .5(10 Wrst 175th St., N. Y. 

Mil liM.-l llarliiclt. Main St.. Ansonia, Conn. 

Hi(hanl llaNdcn, Dcrhv. Conn. 

HaNriioiid ll.aly,517\Vcst 186th St., New York 

All're<l Iltilcr. 161 Sleinway Ave., Astoria, N.Y. 

John Henchy, 172 East 112th St., New York. 

August Henke, Goshen, N. Y. 

James Herron. Englewood, N. J. 

Joseph lldllaml, Heber Springs, Ark. 

Carl Ihihiies. Lambert Paper Co., Sail Lake 

City. I tab. 
Carroll Honnieut, Burnsville, Miss. 
William F. Howard, 315 Sixth Ave., Bklyn, 

NY. 
John Huston, Newbiirgh, N. Y. 
Ernest C. Hutchings. Manhasset. N. Y. 
John Jaiks<m, Box 1 15. Troy, Ind. 
Leslie Jacdiius, Broadway, Grand View, N. Y. 
Harry JeiiMii. Route 9. Penn Yann. N. Y. 
K<niiilb .Icnsen, Shelly. Idaho. 
Edward T. Johnson. Elkland. Pa. 
Robert R. Johnson, \ewburgh, N.Y. 
Julius Kaplan. 15 Walnut St.. New Roehelle. 

N. Y. 
Henry Kaufman. 1652 Madison Ave., N. Y. 
Edward Kelly. 352 West 18th St., New York. 
John K. K.lly, Vdler. Mont. 
J. II. kiernan. 575 Main St., Wareham, Mass. 
W . ( '.laire Kiernan. 102 Second St.. Bklyn, N. Y. 
Elbert N. Kipp. 19 Charlotte St., Binghani- 

Km. N. Y. 
Terence Kirk. 3 Hill St., Granton, N. J. 



Julius Klausner, Jr., 324 East Hh St., Mount 

Vernon, N. Y. 
George A. Klein, Jr., 95 Vernon Ave., Bklyn,N.Y. 
Wallace S. Kline, Route 3, Neshoba, Tenn. 
Frank X. Klotz, Davenport's Neck, New 

RocheUe, N. Y. 
Peter Koch, Box 96, Stickney, S. D. 
Anthony Kochan, Box 1000, Gowanda, N. Y. 
Jack Konowich, Lackawanna, N. Y. 
Reuben Koplowitz, 236 New Jersey Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Harvey L. Kreu.scher, N. Spgville, S. I., N. Y. 
Richard Lamb, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Arthur Lantman, Box 517, Hibbing, Minn. 
Samuel Lapidus, 136 Clinton .St.. New York. 
Timothy Leary, 127 West 13th St., New York. 
David LelT, 91 Throoii Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Patrick Lenihan, 21') W est I35lh St., New York 
Samuel Lesowit/, lfU>5 Park Place, Bklyn, N.Y. 
Isaac Liebowitz, 531 Duuiont \ye., Bklyn, N.Y. 
Herman Lipman, 33 Montgomery St., N. Y. 
Carl Lucas, H W ater St., Ansonia, Conn. 
James J. Lydon, 68 Gansevoort St., New York. 
Thomas McCann, 709 West Dominiek St., 

Rome, N. Y. 
,Iohn McGinley, 183 Kingsland Ave.,Bkln, N.Y. 
Arthur McManus, 199 Howard Ave., Ansonia, 

Conn. 
Walter K. McNair. 26 East Ave., Gasport, N.Y. 
James J. Malone, 28 Sedway St., RufFalo, N. Y. 
William Manz, 1275 Third Ave., New York. 
John Marrow, Newburgh, N. Y. 
Waclaw Matyzasik, Beacon Falls, Conn. 
William Mayer, 1919 Seventh Ave., New York 
.lames Menzies, 13\ (ireen St., Everett, Mass. 
E. R. Mcsrowitz. 371 Vernon \ve., Bklyn, N.Y. 
Ray Milburn. Kecnsburgh, 111. 
Herbert MilhiUe, R. F. D. 11, La Salle, N. Y. 
Joseph P. Monihan. 706 Woodlawn .\ve.. \\ il- 

uiington. Del. 
Richard Morgan. Dewitt. \rk. 
David M. M.ironey. 337 West 12th St., N, Y. 
Thad L. Morris. Cr.shaw. Miss. 
Edward \lnr|)hv, 56 WCsl 105th St., New York. 
Mauricv Murphy, 121 \delphi St.. Rklyn, N. Y. 
Stephen \. Murphy. 101! Eighth \ve.. N.Y. 
Harold Nicolson. l'"allon. Minn. 
Morgan Norris, Cashioii. Okla. 
Charles A. O'Bryaii. 1 002 Iv 981 h St ., Bkln, N.Y. 
John Occhino. 6 lIano\er Square. New York. 
Carl ( )eflerin.,', 18 Penn Ave.. Binghamton.N.Y. 
Daniel ( )'N<il. 951 Lafayette Ave., Bklyn, N. Y 
S. Oshinsky. Wards Island. New York. 




\'ktkk.\ns —Aurers-le-llaniun. 



THE ROSTER— Conlimied 



(.iilberl Paneth, 326 East 91st St., New York. 

Guslave Pankratz, 17 Madison St., Rochester. 

Benjamin Parker, 77 Kingsbury St.. Waterbury, 
Conn. 

Klmcr I'altcrson, Burt. \. Y. 

(i(Mirf,'i' Pi'tiTsrn. Kiiiil):illnn. Iowa. 

Julian Poluz/i. .')4 Hull PI., \V. Quincy, Mass. 

John Preseotl, 30.3 Webster St., Monterey, Cal. 

Porter Priest, Mt. Morriston, Fla. 

Andrew R. Purcella, 128 Caroline St., Derby, 
Conn. 

John J. Quinn, Main St., Beacon Falls, Conn. 

Patrick J. Quinn, l.S.S McConnell Ave., BulTalo. 

Isidore Babclskie, "■> \\(nue C, New York. 

\ ilo HiKHiin. liJK) First \ve.. New York. 

Bohrrt Hiidfonl. 1 12 W ilsim Ave., Bklyn, N, Y. 

Joscpli Hainone, 138 East 116th St., New York. 

(.an\ .). Heed, Prospect, Tenn. 

Ridpii Bfid, Route A, St. Petersburg, Fla, 

Frank Reid, 967 Madison St., Brooklyn, N. Y'. 

Edward Rennie, 29 Franklin St., Ringhamton, 
N. Y. 

George F". Roberts, 15 Ivy St., Elmhurst, N. Y. 

Johannes Rodenburg, Star Route, Cumber- 
land, Iowa. 

Howard F. Roeding, 97 Miller Ave., Bklyn, N.Y, 

Harrv Rocsslcr, 109 16th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

John'\. Ross, 1 1 First St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

,\le\aiid(r Rossino. 228 Myrtle Ave., BulFalo, 

Tliiddore Rubinstein, 21.-) Fourth Ave., N. Y. 

Frank Russell. Carthage. Tenn. 

James Sanri. Box 170, Ovster Bay, N. Y. 

Edward Sasse, 201 1-il'lli \ve., Astoria, N. Y, 

Clvde Savage, HO Maple St., Bangor, Me. 

Thomas J. Scanlon, 3.'-yt West 12th St., N. Y. 

W illiam Scliaeller, E. Topper St., Buffalo, N.Y. 

Siginund Scluilz, 718 9lh Ave., L. I. C, N. Y. 

Harry Schwartz, 702 East Fifth St., New York. 

Karl Schwarz, Jamaica Creek, Springfield 
Gardens, N. Y. 

Fred E. Shaddock, l.'Sl Ridgewood Ave., 
Brooklyn, N. Y'. 

Harry Shapiro, 230 East 11.5th St., New York, 

Aris M. Shellnian, 303 West 111th St., N. Y, 

Carl Shuberl. Sull'olk, Mont. 

Abraham Siegel, 2.51 ,\mbov .St., Bklyn, N. Y, 

Morris SiKer, 210 Riverdale Ave., Bkln, N. Y, 

William Simpson. 020 Hudson St., New York. 

William Skeets. Lnckporl, N, Y, 

William Slater, .South Dartmouth, Mass. 

William Smith, Englewood, Cal. 

W. E. Snyder, Binghamton, !\. Y. 

Lee Solomon, Palmvra, 111. 



Arthur D. Soper, 28 Huron St., East Lynn, Mass. 

Soren Sorenson, Ruthton, Minn. 

Jacob S(iuire, 508 Grand St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Christopher Slaudigal, 1 13 Bleecker St., Brook- 
lyn, N. Y. 

Brodie Stewart, Rutherford, Tenn, 

Earl C, Stewart, White Pine, Tenn. 

William J. Strong, R. F. D. 12, Springville, Ala. 

Otis Sunnners, Dwyer, Tenn. 

Martin Swenson, Wetonka, S. D. 

Thomas Swiiiehardt, 223 East Hendrick St., 
ShclliNxille. hid. 

Philili rasiuan. 155 Hickory St., Buffalo, N. Y'. 

Dudley Taylor, Turner, Ore. 

James Tay(or, Newmarket, Tenn. 

Norman Tavlor, Ashlev, Mont. 

R. F. Taylor, Binghamton. N. Y. 

Volney O. Thompson, llomsdale. Idaho. 

Voss Thompson, llomsdale, Idaho, 

Monroe Todd, Allen, S. C. 

Deorato Tortora, 7 Old Wood Point Road, 
Brooklyn, N. Y'. 

Ray Turk, 6 Cedar St., Binghamton, N. Y. 

Tfiomas F. Twyford, 807 E, 8th St., Bkln. 
N, Y. 

John Urban, 28 Crandall St.. Binghamton, 
N. Y. 

Hillary Vaughn, Briggsville, .\rk. 

John P. Vaughn. 567 East Ave., Akron, O. 

Modestino Vecchiarino, 16 Durand St., Dan- 
bury, Conn. 

Fred Vienier, 11 Meadow St., Seymour, Conn. 

Joseph Visentin, W appinger Falls, N. Y'. 

Abraham Wald, 238 l<:ast 21th St,, New York 

Cleve Wallace, D\ersburg, Tenn, 

Donald M. Wallacli. 71 East 92nd St., N. Y. 

Harry Weriiet. Eagle Grove, Iowa, 

John J. Wlialeii. Biiighamlon. N. Y. 

Pearl W hitliugtcjii. ( ilouccsler, Mi.ss. 

Lee W ilkerson, W iii« hesler. Ark. 

Joseph W ill, 12 .Mice St., Rochester, N, Y. 

Roland H. Williams, 25 Suninierfield Place, 
Staten Island, N. Y. 

Edward J. Williamson, Jeffrey, La. 

Albert G. Wilson, Jr., 100 Third St., Bklyn, N.Y. 

Wilhani Wilson, 240 Chestnut St., Lockport, 
N. Y. 

Charles O. Woods, Beaver, Ore. 

Merton Yandes, 115 South Union St., Roches- 
ter, N. Y. 

Lewis Yasner, 190 Floyd St., Brooklyn, N, Y. 

Samuel Zashinsky, 381 LeonardSt., Bklyn, N,Y. 

Edward P. Zehler, Strykersville, N. Y. 




France, April, 1919 




All Hail the Brave! 



COURAGE — that fidelity to purpose despite physical 
welfare — is the natural attribute of the soldier. But 
there aie those exceptional deeds of valor that are 
committed beyond the right of expectation; they are deeds 
that combine the highest intelligence with the utmost 
bravery; they are those instances of self-sacrificial service 
that are rendered not with thought of hardship nor of pain 
nor of reward, but only with the hope that the founda- 
tions of our Country and our Homes remain unshaken. 

i^ Star indicates a posthumous award. 
Asterisk denotes those who were killed after their eitalioii. 



•Private 1st Class Barney Bardinan, Distinguished Service Cross, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
•Private Earl Millsap, Distinguished Service Cross, Asotin, Washington. 
•Private Albert C. Peterson. Distinguished Service Cross, Stacy, Minnesota. 
• 1st Lieutenant WilUam R. Reid. Distinguished Service Cross, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Major \\ eston C. Jenkins. Distinguished Service Cross, Rome, New York. 

Major Fred A. Tillman, ChevaUer, Legion d'Honneur de France, Ulster. Pa. 

Captain Everett A. Butterfield, French Order of the Black Star, New Y'ork. 



Divisional Citations 



Capt. Alexander D. B. Pratt. New York. 
•2d Lt. Clarence L Grubbs, Kansas City, Mo. 

2d Lt. Arthur J. Hamblen, New York. 

2d Lt. F. Hartig, address unknown. 

2d Lt. Kenneth C. Lincoln, Fall River. Mass. 

2d Lt. Harry R. Weiman, St. Louis, Mo. 

Sergt. Lloyd C. Anderson, Binghaniton, N. Y'. 

Sergt. Charles H. Bradshaw, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Pvt. 1st Class Louis Beckentlorf, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
*Private Jacob Borker. Brooklyn. N. Y. 

Sergt. Ralph U. Brett, New York. 

Pvt. 1st Class George Busko, Breckenridge. Minn. 
*Pvt. James Coimer, New York. 

Corp. Patrick Conway, New Y'ork. 

Sergt. Edward M. Crimmins, Binghamton, N. Y'. 

Sergt. A. James DiMaggio, Staten Island, N. Y'. 

Pvt. 1st Class Hugh A. Donnelly, Brooklyn, N. Y'. 

Corp. Edward J. Dwyer. Buffalo. N. Y'. 

Pvt. WiUiam Ehrmann. Brooklyn. N. \. 

Sergt. Josiah E. Evans, Ansonia, Conn. 

Pvt. 1st Class John Greany, New Y'ork 

Pvt. 1st Class P. M. Hagen, Lansford, N. D. 



Corp. Gilrock Hanson, Creston, Mont. 

Sergt. William F. Howard, Brooklyn. N. Y. 

Sergt. Ernest C. Hutchings, Manhasset, N. Y. 

Pvt. 1st Class Robert R. Johnson, Newburgh, 
NY. 

Pvt. John F. Kelly, Adler, Mont. 

Sergt. George A. Klein, Jr., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Sergt. Harvey A. Kreuscher, Staten Island, N. Y. 

Pvt. 1st Class James J. Lydon. New York. 

Sergt. Joseph P. Monihan, Wilmington. Del. 
•Pvt. Alfred Nickerson, Lewiston, N. Y. 

Pvt. Andrew R. Pucella, Derby. Conn. 

Sergt. John A. Ross, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
•Sergt. George F. Russell, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Pvt. 1st Class Thomas J. Scanlon, New York. 

Sergt. Aris M. Shellman. New York. 
•Pvt. 1st Class Joseph Strauss, New York. 

Sergt. Monroe Todd. Allen, S. C. 
•Pvt. J. Robinson, Newfane, N. Y'. 

Pvt. Volney O. Thompson, Honesdale, Idaho. 

Corp. Frederick Viemer, Seymour, Conn. 

Sergt. Donald M. Wallach, New Y'ork. 



The 



Burke 




Kelly 



Post 



That spirit of dominant Americanism with wliich the war was fought seems in 
these times of peace to be best reflected by the American Legion. 

Appreciating this, those members of Company B, 307th Infantry, who regarded 
with favor the idea of a post-bellum organization appHed to the American Legion 
for a charter. One was granted aud they were admitted as the Burke-Kelly 
Post No. 172. 

The name was selected- in honor of the memory of two of their comrades: 
Sergeant Frank W. Burke, killed by a high explosive shell on the line of the Vesle, 
August 23d, 1918, and Corporal John E. Kelly, killed by a high explosive shell 
during the battle of Merval, September 8th, 1918. 

This pubUcation of the History of Company B was made possible by the 
members of the Burke-Kelly Post under the following officers: 

President 
WiLLi.\M F. Howard 

Vice-Presidents 

John A. Ross 

Arthur J. Hamblen 

Alfred Heller 

•Secretory 
A. James DiMaggio 

Treasurer 
Thomas F. Twyford 

Corresponding Secretary 
Julius Klausner, Jr. 

Executive Committee 

Donald M. Wallach 

Fred A. Gleiforst 

Ralph U. Brett 



WatcKlnl \ht 



A^ S f Th i 




UomeRr£5 



They were watched, and high they burned, by those who more than all else 
represented to us the concrete reason for which we served. 

None of us hut Jell that we were fighting for our Country; but all of us knew 
that we were fighting for our Home. 

Our Home Folks, — our Mothers and our Fathers, our Sisters and our Wives 
and our Sweethearts and our Friends — all banded together so that we, while 
never losing the thought of Home, were also not to lose its touch. 

Those tenders of the fireside whom we knew as the "Family Unit" were 
organized as the Company B Family Unit and were affiliated with the 307th 
Regimental Family Unit. They formed on our embarkation for overseas, and by 
virtue of a succession of meetings under the active and enthusiastic leadership of 
Mrs. William Vanamee and Miss Virginia Fuller they became welded into a body 
that accomplished immeasurable benefit not only for our physical but also for our 
spiritual welfare. 

The socks, the cigarettes, the wristlets and the soap were needs of vast im- 
port, but our knowledge that those behind us were marshaled just as we were 
was more warming than wristlets, more comforting than cigarettes. 

The officers during the early period were Miss Virginia Fuller, President; 
Miss Helen Pritchard, Secretary; Mrs. W. B. Wise, Treasurer. The meetings 
were held in a barren loft at 6 I^ast 30th Street, New York City. Here the ideas 
were conceived, the plans formulated, and the policies acted upon, that were so 
far-reaching and effective. 

Tho first drawn together for the good of Company B, their own sufferings 
served to consolidate their interests and to strengthen their purpose. 

As notice after notice issued from Washington advising as to losses in battle 
by death and by wounds, the need for common consolation became most urgent 
and a noble response came from those who were in a position to give comfort. 
These were trying days, days of mental agony, days of longing and hoping and 
praying. 

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In September one of our own men, Sergeant (leorge A. Klein, Jr., who had been 
returned to the United States as an instructor, appeared at a meeting and gave 
word, mostly welcome, some sad, to the news-hungry relatives. 

These various activities were recorded in a small four-page bulletin published 
for and distributed to us overseas. 

And then the Armistice. Relief from the tension of the meetings was given 
by the final let-up of the war and soon the time came when nuich thought was 
given to filling those '"9x1x3" boxes of Christmas cheer. 

The date of our return was flashed across the waters 
during the early part of April and immediately wheels were 
set in motion to prepare for it. 

Their welcome took the form of a reception and dance. 
For the first time, and the only time. Company B and the 
Family Unit were together. And as a token of their affection 
and regard they presented to each of us a silver signet ring 
bearing our Divisional insignia — Liberty, together with the Company and Regi- 
mental designation. Inside the ring they had placed as their wish: "May God 
Protect You." 

(mests of especial honor wert> the two Mclntvr(> sisters, who were so active 
overseas with the Salvation Army and who for so long a time had been identified 
with our Division, having for a while been assigned to our own Regiment. 

Thus culminated the activities of the Family Unit of Company B. But just 
as we have decided upon a continuation of our organization — the same in substance, 
if not in form, — so the Unit decided to serve as the Auxiliary to the Burke-Kelly 
Post, American Legion. 

The Auxiliary meetings are held in the rooms atljoiniug those of the Burke- 
Kelly Post, at the 77th Division Club. The original board of oflicers includes 
Mrs. A. J. Hamblen, President; Miss Virginia Fuller, Miss Sarah Kelly, and Mrs. 
William Charles, Mce-Presidents: Miss Anna Charles. Secretary, and Mrs. W. B 
Wise, Treasurer. 

And their banner is still held aloft. A new name, but the old (Mupose. 




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